tapestried

[ tap-uh-streed ]

adjective

1. furnished or covered with tapestries.
2. represented in tapestry, as a story.

Other Words From

• un·tapes·tried adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tapestried¹

First recorded in 1620–30; tapestry + -ed ², -ed ³

Example Sentences

The showiest destination of all is table 56, a dome-shaped tapestried booth.

From Washington Post

AMYNDEON, Greece — The landscape of the Macedonian region in northern Greece is tapestried with vineyards.

From New York Times

The film academy took the backdrop from the “Fit as a Fiddle” number in “Singin’ in the Rain,” the eerie landscape of “Forbidden Planet,” the tapestried walls of “Marie Antoinette,” the office from “Adam’s Rib.”

From Los Angeles Times

Their music echoes among the buttresses of the Hall’s ceiling, and dies in the tapestried dimness beyond our tables where the servants come and go.

From Salon

It was always cold in the tower, for all the carpets and the tapestried hangings and the rich furred clothing and the broad marble fireplaces they had.

From Literature